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There's one logical generational difference and that is that young women will have more chances to support a female president than older women. Older women feel it's their last chance, so that's just a factual, obvious difference. But other than that it depends on experience, on individual experience.

Gloria Steinem

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Gloria Steinem
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: March 25
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